[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 88 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND 
  POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS AND OTHER 
    PERSONS THAT UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS IN 
 BELARUS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                111-47)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a 
notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the 
national emergency and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Belarus are to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2009.
  Despite some positive developments during the past year, including 
the release of internationally recognized political prisoners, the 
actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Belarus 
and other persons that have undermined democratic processes or 
institutions, committed human rights abuses related to political 
repression, and engaged in public corruption pose a continuing unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of 
the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency and related measures 
blocking the property of certain persons undermining democratic 
processes or institutions in Belarus.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 12, 2009.

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